Deadfall

Deadfall (1993)

...The ultimate con

After he accidentally kills his father Mike during a sting, Joe tries to carry out Mike's dying wish by recovering valuables that Mike's twin brother Lou stole from him years earlier. But Uncle Lou is also a confidence artist, and Joe is soon drawn into his increasingly dangerous schemes.

Date of release
1993-10-08
TMDB
4.1 / 10 (92)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Christopher Coppola

Casting

Interesting facts

Deadfall is a 1993 American crime drama film directed by Christopher Coppola. Coppola co-wrote the script with Nick Vallelonga. The film stars Michael Biehn, Coppola's brother Nicolas Cage, Sarah Trigger, Charlie Sheen, James Coburn, and Peter Fonda. It is also the prime influence on the song "Deadfall" written by the American hardcore punk band Snot. A prequel/sequel, Arsenal, starring Cage reprising his role as Eddie King, was released in 2017.

Production

Val Kilmer was initially cast to play the role of Joe. He left the film at the last minute because he apparently didn't get along with the producer. He instead did The Real McCoy. Christopher Coppola accused him of breaking his contract and leaving because he was offered $1 million for the other project. After he left, Trimark Pictures slashed the budget from $8 million to $3.4 million.

After producer Ted Fox had delivered the film to Trimark $240,000 under budget, Trimark asked for the money to be used on reshots but Fox refused. The bond company, Completion Bond, took over the film to do the reshoots. Litigation to resolve who met the cost of the reshoots delayed the release of the film.

When the film premiered, the lab made a mistake on the print and they double printed the awkward sex scene, meaning the scene played twice back to back. The studio didn't bother checking the print.

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